Improvement in breech-loading pistols



PERRY @L GODDARD.

Breach-Loading Fire-Arm.

N0.\102,429. A Famed April 26, 1870.

NAPETERS. Mimo-LITHOGRAPNER. WASHINGTON, Dv C.

titiied States gateni Gemine.

SAMUEL M. PERRY, OF PLAINFIELD, 'NEW JERSEY, AND EMERSON GODDARD, OF

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO E. S. RENWICK, OF- NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent No. 102,429, dated April 26, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN BREECH-LOADING- PISTOLS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent `and making part of thevsame.

To all rwhom it may concern Our invention has reference to that class of rearms in which the barrel is movable relatively to the lock-frame or stock, and consists of the combination of the barrel ofthe re-arm and the stock with a duplex-lever catch arranged in the nose or forward end ofthe said stock, for the purpose of holding the movable barrel in the positionl for'ring.

The practical result of our improvement is that the barrel will be caught with certainty by the catch when returned (after the insertion of' the cartridge) to the position for firing.

Our improvement is represented-in the accompanying drawings as applied to a double-header pistol- Figure 1 being a side elevation of the pistol;

Figure 2 representing a vertical longitudinal section of the same;

Figure 3 representing an enlarged transverse section ofthe same, following the line :c a' of fig. 2; and

Figure 4 representing a horizontal section ot' a part of the pistol, just abovevthe lower side of the barrel, and with the barrel partly moved from its normal po` sition relatively to the stock.

Thepistol represented has astock, A, and a barrel, B, the brrel being constructed to swing on a pivot, O, so as o turn out of' the position for firing for the purpose of being loaded.

The catch consists of two lever-formedv pieces, e e, which are inserted in a slot formed in the 'nose b of the stock, and are pivoted thereto by the pin s.

The forward ends of these pieces enter a slot or notch, r, formed in the under side of the barrel B, and, as the pistol is a double-header, the barrel being reversible on the stock, there is a notch in each end of the barrel. f

The catch has a boss, t, (half on each member,) at its rear, for'the finger or thumb to catch upon, and springs a, (one for each member,)- to press its upper forward end toward the barrel. Each ot' the catches, also, has 'a tail or projection, rt, which, coming in con`` tact with the part of the stock behind it, when the 'catch has moved a certain distance, prevents excessive movement by the springs when the barrel is not .over the-stock.

'When the barrel is to be moved from its normal position upon the stock, the catch is disengaged from the notch of the barrel by pressing the boss t by the finger or thumb, thus disengaging the catch from the notch in the barrel, and permitting the barrel to be moved.

When the barrel, after being moved, is to .be replaced in its position for tiring, the notch r is brought over the first member e, fig. 4, of the catch before it is brought over the second member. Consequently, the lirst member has time to enter the notch in position to stop the movement of the barrel before the barrel is restored to its normal position. The result is that it is practically impossible to move the barrel past the catch.

In constructing the catch, we iind it expedient to bevel o" its upper edges slightly, as seen at lig. 3; also to bevel the sides or walls of the notch in which v it engages correspondingly. And although we prefer to arrange the two members of the duplex catchV side by side, this is not essential, as they may be separated by astationary partition-plate. 'lheir adjacent inner edges, also, may be beveled off, as seen at tig. 3, the practical effect of' which is to permit the catch that -iirst engages in the notch to enter the same sooner.

than it otherwise would, and thus have a longer period-to rise before the wall of the notch reaches its outer side. Although we prefer to construct Ithe fire-arm above described, so as to embody both parts of our invention, such construction is not essential, for the first part ofthe invention may be used without the second by making they catch of a single piece of metal, and the second may-be used without the first by arranging a duplex catch in the vicinity of the recoil-shield.

lVh'at we claim as our invention, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent,is The combination of the stock and barrel of the firearm with a duplex catch, substantially as before set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands this 5th dayv of October, A. D. 1867.

S. M. PERRY.

E. GODDARD. lVitnesses:

MELVILLE BIGGS,

JOHN RATHBONE, J r. 

